महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे सर्वशक्त्यै च धीमहि। तन्नो देवी प्रचोदयात् ॥ १२ ॥
mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahē sarvaśaktyai ca dhīmahi | tannō dēvī pracōdayāt || 12 ||
Translation
We know Mahālakṣmī, we meditate on her who is all power. May that Goddess inspire us.
Word by word
- mahālakṣmyai
- Mahālakṣmī
- ca
- and
- vidmahē
- we know
- sarvaśaktyai
- her who is all power
- dhīmahi
- we meditate
- tat
- that
- naḥ
- us
- dēvī
- Goddess
- pracōdayāt
- may she inspire
Meaning
This is the Gāyatrī of the Goddess, shaped on the great Gāyatrī mantra: to know her, to meditate on her, and to ask her to move the mind.